De-Anglicisation of Names

[Cool Bob]

Any info on the origin or other form or writing of the name Cool. Ancestor George Cool Arrive in canada around 1800-1805, known of scottish origin but no place of birth.

Thanks
Robert Cool

[scotchmaster]

What a great thread. Any chance you could take a stab at my surname Jarvis. I have heard that it has links to Fraser Clan or a lowland borders name.

[Kilted Rogue]

How about the surname "Chard". I know that there is a Town in SW England named Chard. so am sure its quite English.

Thank you

[Rob]

How about the surname "Chard". I know that there is a Town in SW England named Chard. so am sure its quite English.

Thank you

The town name of Chard in Somerset (SW England) isn't quite as 'English' (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) as one might suspect. In 1065AD it was recorded as 'Cerdren', which is thought to be derived from the Brythonic Celtic word 'cerdin', meaning rowans or mountain ash.

The element 'chard' also crops up in Devon (SW England) in the town/village names 'Morchard Bishop' and 'Cruwys Morchard', where the 'morchard' part is definitely the Brythonic 'mor + ced', meaning large wood.

I hope this helps with the possible interpretation of the surname Chard.

[slohairt]

Thank you very much slohairt!

...hey do we win a prize if we stump you?

Maybe I'll get a stock of kilt towels or pink faux-fur sporrans as consolation prizes!

[slohairt]

Hallo. Ciamer a tha thu? (probably spelled that wrong, but in person I can talk about how you're doing, what the weather is like, and introduce myself, my daughter, and my hubby. lol)

Bronson -- my maiden name
McMurdo (testing to see whether you come up with the same thing I have learned through doing my hubby's genealogy)

Tha mi gu math, gu robh math agad! (I think that's right. I'm better at Irish!)

BRONSON Probably of English origin, and a patronymic. (Obviously.) As to the male personal name from which it derives? I think Brown is unlikely, even though some sources claim this to be so. I would suggest it could be from Bran, a Brythonic Celtic name meaning 'raven', or it could be a variant of Brian, which was a name borne by a few Breton soldiers in the Norman conquest of England.

A 'Gaelicisation' (for poops and giggles) would be Mac Brain (MAC BRAN) or Mac Briain (MAC BREE-UN).

MCMURDO I believe this usually Anglicised from Mac Murchaidh, a name meaning 'son of Murchadh (sea warrior).'

[slohairt]

Any info on the origin or other form or writing of the name Cool. Ancestor George Cool Arrive in canada around 1800-1805, known of scottish origin but no place of birth.

Thanks
Robert Cool

COOL This is one of those names which could be from a wide variety of unrelated origins. Usually more information will clear it up. As to the possibilities:

1) From Mac Colla (SCOTTISH), usually Anglicised as M(a)cColl
2) Mac Cathail (SCOTTISH), usually Anglicised as M(a)cCall
3) from Mac Comhghail (IRISH), usually Anglicised as 'McCool'.
4) from English Cool(e), Cole, Coal, etc.
5) from Manx Cooile, (ultimately Mac Comhail)

Many possibilities...

[slohairt]

The town name of Chard in Somerset (SW England) isn't quite as 'English' (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) as one might suspect. In 1065AD it was recorded as 'Cerdren', which is thought to be derived from the Brythonic Celtic word 'cerdin', meaning rowans or mountain ash.

The element 'chard' also crops up in Devon (SW England) in the town/village names 'Morchard Bishop' and 'Cruwys Morchard', where the 'morchard' part is definitely the Brythonic 'mor + ced', meaning large wood.

I hope this helps with the possible interpretation of the surname Chard.

I concur. Being so close to Cornwall gives credence to a Brythonic Celtic (probably really a Cornish name, by that point in time) origin.

[slohairt]

What a great thread. Any chance you could take a stab at my surname Jarvis. I have heard that it has links to Fraser Clan or a lowland borders name.

JARVIS (Also Jarvie) This is of Norman origin and derived from the Norman-French 'Gervaise'. Consequently, it is found all over the Isles. (Mostly in England, though in the Sottish Lowlands also.) As for connections to a specific clan? I don't know. I don't really place much stock in sept lists.

In Ireland, it is a long-established name and is rendered Gearbhais in Irish. (pronounced GyER-I-VISH)

[davedove]

How about the surname "Chard". I know that there is a Town in SW England named Chard. so am sure its quite English.

Thank you

The town name of Chard in Somerset (SW England) isn't quite as 'English' (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) as one might suspect. In 1065AD it was recorded as 'Cerdren', which is thought to be derived from the Brythonic Celtic word 'cerdin', meaning rowans or mountain ash.

The element 'chard' also crops up in Devon (SW England) in the town/village names 'Morchard Bishop' and 'Cruwys Morchard', where the 'morchard' part is definitely the Brythonic 'mor + ced', meaning large wood.

I hope this helps with the possible interpretation of the surname Chard.

I concur. Being so close to Cornwall gives credence to a Brythonic Celtic (probably really a Cornish name, by that point in time) origin.

And here I thought it might be from a town that grew a lot of chard.